TRIP TO AUGUSTA VA JANUARY 10,2006

This past Monday I drove down from Anderson to Charleston in my Pick Up Truck to take Marvin back to the Veteran's Hospital in Augusta. We loaded the electric chair in the back of the truck with the help of Trey and left at 6am for Augusta. It was a long day but Marvin tolerated the trip well and had a very positive report from the professionals at the hospital. They measured all sorts of movement parameters and in about all he was about twice as strong as he was when he left for home at thanksgiving. He had also put on 12 pounds and his color was so improved that the staff hardly recognized him. The only disapointment was that he needs to improve on pushing his arm out to be able to use the arm mounted joy stick. I feel that will come soon and he will be able to free himself of the chin joystick. All this was possible because fo the Power of Prayer, the wonderful food he had to eat while at home, and the many friends and neighbors who gave him encouragement and support. Cathie and the Children have also put in untold hours of care to keep Marvin doing this well.
We returned to Charleston Tuesday evening around 9:30pm and it was close to midnight before we all got to bed. A really long but productive day. Im back in Anderson now but thought would post a couple of pictures we took at the VA and when we returned home.